Field Find 86 350X

[knappyfeet]

Ahhh, I remember! - DEEP CREEP!!, this stuff has amazed me, and the other stuff is just the normal results we expect. Plenty of these items help us take corroded/rusted, cross-threaded, strippe crap apart.

I hear ya. I mean I've broken fasteners and stuff even after heat but these items were kinda expected to give me problems. But a float bowl screw?

Thanks to folks on ebay for parting out things ............it runs well now.

[ps2fixer]

I just read back a few. That frame is just fine. No real weight unless your butt is that far back or a passenger hanging off the grab bar. Heat it up, bend it up.

We hear "heat makes it weaker", I heat the crap out of plenty of parts and applications....

The only case when heating something up to bright orange/yellow that would cause it to be weaker is if it is something that was hardened such as a chain, sprockets, your tools etc. Most parts are mild steel meaning it isn't heat treated. Dumping the hot metal in water/oil heat treats it, but the process can be a little tricky to get right with out making it so hard (brittle) that any shock makes it crack/break. Simple terms, heating hardened steel makes it tempered (less hard).

Good read on the subject -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temper...8metallurgy%29

[oscarmayer]

bot sure you will get needle out of the hole. i just fought with a carb for 4 days in chemdip and drilling the needle, no luck. In the end we trashed the carb and got a new one for $100. this was for a 350 rancher. so if nothing else, ya may consider just getting a decent carb to start with to rebuild.that one looks trashed and pitted so bad it would probably never remain in spec.

[knappyfeet]

I agree. The one I got off eBay doesn't leak and seems to idle and run fine. That's a better candidate than the one that was on the bike.

[3is4Fun]

Mine is bend like that as well, and I think its just the back area that attaches to the grab bar... from a certain wheelie-slide gone wrong if I remember correctly.

[knappyfeet]

Some brake work being done. I could barely roll it. Everything will get clean and the corrosion removed.

I'm just going to live with the bend in the back part of the frame for now. For the first time I rode it and it ran perfect.....shifted thru the gears no problem. It starts cold with 2 girl kicks every time. What I do have and suspected all the while was a bent axle. Not horrible and not so noticeable off road but it's there. So far I'm into this near free 350x for about $150. That's for NOS fork covers, an eBay carb, new gas cap and some hoses, fuel line, etc. I'll need a new fuel valve as the one on it is unservicable. A seat cover as well.

[knappyfeet]

I just got a nice Clarke fuel valve but I never thought about needing the 90 degree angle. I'm going to try to make it work......maybe get a 90 fitting to lessen the sink.

[knappyfeet]

Rusted rear master cylinder. Don't know how ugly it really is but it looks ugly.

[Dirtcrasher]

Well, that shock stops at some point. So, I'd take off the grab bar, block of wood on the rear swinger carrier housing and a block under the bent rails with a bottle jack between them. If you don't have torches, heating it with mapp gas or propane is only gonna burn the pain off.

They discontinued the rear master rebuild kit, but I saw a couple on EBAY not too long ago they weren't NOS though. You can bolt on a yzf450 quad master which contains a reservoir on the top. But with nice fenders, I'd like someone to chime in fitment for a OEM fender. I have low pro fiberglass fenders so I just used a sanding drum on my dremel to make a nice curve to fit. But you don't want to alter those fenders.

[knappyfeet]

Thanks for the tip dirtcrasher. I have torches and tanks . I guess I just kinda didn't want to destroy whats left of the finish for now....but more trying to get this into a nice, reliable runner. That bend in the frame dosen't effect the running of the machine as the bent axle does.

I kinda want to be at a spending limit of $1000. Right now I'm up to $218. The front brakes just need to be cleaned so there's so far no expense there...I hope.

I might decide in the future to refinish the frame and other things and it will be then that I can fix the bend. Thank God the tires are still holding air.

[Dirtcrasher]

^ Grab a can of Sunrise Red Rustoleum and with a nice fine brush after you clean, Nice coat fading into the OEM red.

No durability with spray cans. I use it on my 86350X all the time....

[knappyfeet]

Will do. I've been wondering how close sunrise red is

[sweetip2000]

omg only a west coast bike can look like this .....

[knappyfeet]

First time putting a seat cover on. It's not oem........it's a cheap $25 one from eBay but I'm happy with it. At minimum it's better than the leg scratching old one.




Had to edit......also put some repo 85 200x tank decals I had laying around on.

[bad to the bone]

Steal of a deal. Any updates on this?